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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I was a betting person - I would guess they are going to kick it to the Tuesday after MLK day.
I have worked in launching tools and if it is not up now - they have some bugs that are concerns.  These are not things that typically are fixed in an hour at this point in time in the development of a new solution.[/quote]

Agreed, but they should have announced something. It is a lie to say that there is a soft launch when the button to launch the form hasn't been clickable for the last 13 hours. It is waiting everyone's time and ratcheting up anxiety. The Secretary of Ed needs to post something. [/quote]

Congress required the form to be available before 1/1/2024.  The Soft Launch appears to be an agency effort to be able to say that they complied with the deadline, barely. It was available, briefly, and then closed. I suspect nobody has successfully submitted it.

None of the information will be transmitted to schools before the end of January anyway. (Many schools have stated this clearly on their websites and in admission portals).  So, in a sense, there's no rush. The whole thing is, of course, a debacle, and sadly, it pushes back admissions decisions because aid packages won't be released until March or April.  I suspect the May 1 drop dead date for college selection will remain.  What this might do is really hurt kids on wait lists who are hoping spots open up at schools and will have to wait, perhaps into May and June before they really know.

Wait lists are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Early Action has become the preferred application method and schools can easily fill their classes long before the May 1 deadline. But it also means that there's less room on wait lists since schools can use regular admission to fill their classes and avoid the wait lists altogether.

Unfortunately, schools that offer merit scholarships are now pushing back their announcement of those until later in the spring (because they package it with federal aid as well and they don't have the FAFSA information).

It kind of goes without saying, but the Federal Government isn't built to "solve problems" and "operate efficiently."  In fact, quite the opposite, by design. Unfortunately, we've delegated the affordability of a college education to the Federal Government....probably not the best move. [/quote]

So who should handle affordability of a college education? [/quote]

Not the federal government! Obviously. This is why Carter’s idea of a dept of education was stupid. Ask any conservative.[/quote]

The question was should, not who shouldn't - so who should handle it?[/quote]

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